On Thursday, April 28th the Chicago Council on Science and Technology will celebrate our 15th year anniversary and hold our largest fundraising event of 2022: Science in the City. The evening supports C2ST’s mission and full spectrum of programming. Your support is critical to our mission. Continue reading “Science in the City Gala 2022”
By Laura Tran, C2ST Intern, Rush University
When we get hurt, our bodies are capable of closing cuts and mending broken bones. We can even use stem cells to regrow parts of our liver¹. But this is basically the extent of our regeneration capabilities. Although our bodies naturally form scar tissue at major injury sites to protect them from blood loss and infection, we generally can’t recover tissue loss or reverse it (in the case of limb loss, as an example). It may be the case that we cannot regrow lost arms or legs due to the complexity of these limbs.
Continue reading “Getting A Leg Up On Regenerative Medicine With BioDomes”
Join C2ST and cosmologist, Dr. Chihway Chang for a presentation on this mysterious force. Together we will seek to answer questions such as:
By Laura Tran, C2ST Intern, Rush University
Scientists are ringing in the new year with transplanted pig organs.
Each day, roughly 20 people die¹ waiting for an organ transplant. Unfortunately, the demand for life-saving organs far exceeds the supply and results in years-long waits. Scientists are trying to solve the human organ supply crisis using organs from non-human animal sources like pigs (called xenotransplantation, xeno in Greek means “foreign”).
Continue reading “A Change of Heart: How Genetically Modified Pig Organs Are Saving Lives”
By Laura Tran, C2ST Intern, Rush University
Imagine you are cooking and you accidentally touch a hot pot on the stove. Ouch! It happens in an instant. You pull your hand away as a reflex and then you feel the pain. Our sensation of pain comes from these receptors called “nociceptors”¹ (“no-see-septors”) that respond to stimuli such as temperature (e.g., hot or cold), mechanical pressure (e.g., stretch/strain), and chemicals (e.g., toxins/poisons). The heat from the pot is the stimulus that activates your nociceptors.
After two years into the COVID-19 Pandemic we have more questions than ever.
Join C2ST LIVE as we present Dr. Susan Bleasdale M.D., Associate Professor of Clinical Medicine, Medical Director of Infection Prevention and Control at the University of Illinois to answer YOUR questions about COVID, variants, and vaccines.
If you have ANY questions about COVID and the pandemic, we encourage you to join us for this program. Our goal is to provide reliable information from experts who you can trust.
Interested in seeking out more information about COVID and the best health precautions? Here are some additional resources:
